The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
Local and General.


All brief business visit ON Thursday
last.
Mrs M. Riley OF East Portland i visit
Ing her daughter Mrs. G. III. Harmon,
of this city.
Mr.. j. O. Roland, the cnterprlslng
satldler and harness maker, has our
thanks for favars ON saturday last.
A large number of people visited So-
tiavillr, ON sunday last, to partakc of
the pure and sparkling soda water.
On SUNDAY, June 5th, q. Il. Mead
viii preach at Rock lIlll at III o'clock
A. N. and at Middle Ridge at $40 =. ~.
Some interesting notes concerning
husincss and other Interests of Sciunnd
vicinity, are uuayoidably olnetted this
week.
~. 4. . Beard has his soda fountain In
operation at his drug store. Call In
qucnch your thirst with its sparkling
waters.
= Memorial services were held Mt the
Academy OH SUNDAY last by Revs
Hickman aud Starr. About l5 old
comrades were present.
Brig. Gen. Siglln will issue orslers IN
n few DAYS cenvening the new military
hoard at the state capitol on June 24th.
This will he the first meeting OF the
board.
= j. NJ. Ralston, cashier of the feban-
ON hank, received this week an elegant
new carriage, which with the fine cnr-
riage- ANIMAL makes a very stylish
turnout.
q r. Porter, editor of the late Al
hany BnHeffa. Ii now connected with
the Portland Nctrs. He II live man,
and will .be an agreeable acquisition 10
fh.a osiffsaFfa1 m9ttW faf TINT ftatAer
The largest locomotive IN the world
has been put ~ work ON Tehachapi
mountain ON the Southern Pacific. Ii
weighs 10 ions, has IL drive wheels.
and will do twice the work OF an ordi-
nary ten-wheel locomotive
The entertainment at the academy
ON Friday evening last reflects very
great credit ON all wlp participated In
the exercises. The children are TO he
especially commended in their SUCCESS
ful rendition oi the play Zip Junior =
The Portland Evening Democrat
says: "'rhe whisky men have no prim-
rose path TO victory, aud II Is not ini-
proable that Oregon will In November
be enrolled with Maine, Kansas aud
lowa. A very timely remark, MIR.
Dcm0efrt.
The eldest daughter of Senator Dolph
was married nt Washington last We'd
nesday to Mr.. Richard Nixon, a noted
newspaper correspondent. Like all
weddings Ia high life IL WIS a brilliant
affair. The presents were numerous
and costly.
The State Grange was In session at
Salem last week. Governor pennoNer
i'm his address OF welcome gave the
protective system n little ditf, and led
the grangcrs, or attempted TO, To be-
lieve that free trade would bring them
good times.
Mrs. \. +. Keats, n patron OF TIE
EMPRESS, died at Spokane Falls the
other day from sufiocation. She was
subject To heart disease. accompanied
by dizziness and fainting spells, and
fell in such position that she suIlocat-
ed, life being entirely extinct when she
was discovered.
The advantages fgl of the late change
IN our mail service Ia well illustrated
10y the following: Mr.. q. +. Hardy. of
this city, wrote two letters Ia San
Francisco and one To Albany ON the
18TH VI MAY last. He received answers
To his san Francisco letters three days
sooner than the one 10 Albany, receiv-
ing the latter on the 26th.
n poor cuss of an editor Is supposed
| 10 take an active part in everything,
whether he feels so disposed or not. If
he takes mp one side, the other cusses
/ him, alld wise versa, aud IL hc takes
neither side they both get i'm aud abuse
/ him, So lle Is hound To be in hot water
! unless he has the patience of job, and
the courage to tell them To 20 10 grass.
The proposed revocation by Lamar
of the orders OF withdrawal of railroad
4 indemnity lands made by his prede-
| cessors will according To Sparks throw
! open 10 settlement and entry twenty
I five million acres. Besides the Nor
\ thern and southern Pacific and the
! Atlantic & Pacific in large quantities,
I il Will throw open n good deal in Ore
! gon on the o. 4 e. and the O. II. 4 y.
The May bulletin on the condition of
winter grain issued by the department
/ OF agriculture, shows the condition of
( of grain in Oregon as follows, as re-
ported by local agents: Umatilla-
I Crops are In good condition. Lame
! \ few light frosts are keeping the
wheat back, but il yet looks well for a
| full crop. Columhia-The wheat crop
| looks very promising. Yamhlll-Crop-
are in average condition. Linn-Crop~
are in splendid condition and an abun-
| dant harvest il assured.
The following patents have been
granted to citizens of the Pacific states
/ during the past week: Chas. Bell, Old
| Tacoma, w. T., curtain fixture; III. w.
Bodeman, San Francisco, Gala, stove
CRATE; L. y. Byler, San Francisco, Cal,
hoisting machine; G. 4. & G. +. Flem-
ing, san Jose, Cal, fruit dryer; NJ ii.
Murphy, Portland. Or, fruit picker;
a, G.. Page, San Francisco, Cal, ele-
vator; ]. Piracy, San Francisco, Cal,
direct acting machine; Paul Possiter
San Francisco, Cal, feed water heater
w. L. Van Harlingcn, fastening fol
rail joints, and w. j. Woodley, faucet
hole and stopper, both of San Francis
co.
. J. B. Fithian of the Portland Even
ing Democrat, pays the following trib
ute to the memory of the late +. l.
Bristow: THE writer was compan
ion slave of the midnight lamp, of Mr.
Bristow for four years, and during that
time not a cross word passed betweer
US. He was a pleasant gentleman Il
work with, honest and conscientious
He has passed through the valley o
the shadow of death, and crossed Owe
Jordan. He goes from us like a sons
we love, which dies on the evening air
He goes out with the tide and ",
watch him till he sinks below the hori
zon and long to keep him with us. III,
is gone and it leaves IN our heart va
cancy. dirth, painful regret which